October 26, 2004
October 23, 2004
October 18, 2004
- The Surge Fencer
- J. C. French & Sons pamphlet
- Transcribed trademark:
- US.30,255 · Prismatic Electro Glazing Company ·
"Luxfer" (1897) --
There are conflicting stories as to the original company name
of American Luxfer; some say it was founded as Radiating Light
Company, but this trademark says otherwise. Is there anyone in
the Chicago area who can research this and pin it down?
- Transcribed patents:
October 16, 2004
- Oops, make some mistakes in that British battery rests gallery;
second time's the charm. Also included
this scan (courtesy Stephen Collard)
of a British accumulator (battery) showing how the rests were used.
- Transcribed patents:
October 13, 2004
- Transcribed patents:
- US.32,865 · Gault ·
Coal-Hole Cover (1861)
- US.33,480 · Gault ·
Improvement in Setting Vault-Lights (1861)
- US.58,859 · McCormick ·
Improved Vault-Light (1866)
- US.237,416 · Tiffany ·
Glass Tile, Mosaic, &c. (1881)
- US.317,077 · Belcher ·
Mosaic of Glass and Lead Glazing (1885)
- US.396,911 · Belcher ·
Process of Making Mosaics of Glass (1889)
- US.1,304,623 · Sullivan and Taylor ·
Glass [Pyrex formula] (1919)
- Sediver Hello! suspension insulator cartoon.
- British battery rests gallery
October 8, 2004
October 5, 2004
October 2, 2004
September 15, 2004
August 3, 2004
- The 36th annual National Insulator Association
National Show, Sale & Convention is being held for the first
time ever on the San Francisco peninsula, July 8th - 10th, 2005
at the DoubleTree Hotel in San José. Mark you calendars!
See details here.
July 20, 2004
- Next ten pages
of Luxfer Hand-Book tables.
- Transcribed Bellford's Patent No. 1840
(dated 1853), "Combining Glass with Metal for Use in Parts of
Structures and Pavements where Translucent Medium desirable".
- Three cards
from the Luxfer Great Buildings Series
July 14, 2004
- Added 62 entries to the
prism glass patent index from
class 359, subclasses 595 through 598.
- American Builder, January, 1921:
- Luxfer, Ltd.
price list from 1934 Laxton's
and Lockwood's
July 9, 2004
July 1, 2004
June 23, 2004
June 18, 2004
June 14, 2004
June 12, 2004
June 9, 2004
- Last 11 pages
of the Luxfer's Hand-Book section INSTRUCTIONS FOR DETERMINING
WHAT KIND, QUANTITY AND INSTALLATION OF LUXFER PRISMS TO USE.
June 8, 2004
May 24, 2004
May 12, 2004
May 11, 2004
May 9, 2004
May 8, 2004
May 5, 2004
April 15, 2004
April 12, 2004
April 11, 2004
April 8, 2004
April 7, 2004
April 2, 2004
March 27, 2004
- 5 more New York City vault lights photos:
- New bibliography entry, Years of Reflection. If you are interested in Haywards Ltd., find a copy of this
rare book, it's as important as the Pocket Hand-Book is to Luxfer.
- New additions to the Millville gallery:
- All four colors of Armstrong solid pours
(privately made in an original factory mold; since they were not
pressed, the embossing is very weak)
- Armstrong CD 155 salesman's sample
- Kerr "Cobalt Splotch" --
about 300 of the splotches were made at the factory, but they were
not a production item, just for fun. The cobalt color comes from frit
(pieces of concentrated colored glass); they were supposed to be
completely cobalt, but the batch stirrer was accidentally left off.
- Deck lights in the 1920
Tiebout's Hand Book of Hardware
March 25, 2004
March 21, 2004
March 20, 2004
March 14, 2004
March 13, 2004
March 12, 2004
March 10, 2004
March 9, 2004
- 8 more pictures added to the New York City
vault lights galleries; split into decades now:
1900s,
1910s,
1920s.
March 8, 2004
- 9 new British patents added to patent index, no transcriptions yet: 4222/1818, 1840/1853,
2931/1856, 2014/1871, 3859/1878, 1499/1880, 3271/1881,
3170/1882, and 15678/1886
- Brian Merlis donated a great print of Penn Station,
1938, showing natural lighting at its best; it's featured on the
Prism Glass page.
- New gallery of NYC vault lights,
this set from a 1926-1928 subway survery of Tribeco-Soho and
Greenwich Village.
March 6, 2004
March 5, 2004
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